HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 807, No Resolution Number807
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PADUCAH, TOGETHER WITH THE
COUNTY OF McCRACKEN TO BECOME THE ADMINISTERING BOARD FOR A COUNTY -WIDE
CUMMONITY ACTION AGENCY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
AMENDMENTS OF 1967
WHEREAS, the Economic Opportunity amendments of 1967 permit
one or more political jurisdictions in a county of over fifty thousand
population to designate itself as the community action agency, and
WHEREAS, the Purchase Area Economic Opportunity Council, the
present agency for McCracken, Graves, Marshall and Calloway counties,
will cease to exist on March 1, 1969, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah finds
that it would be in the best interest of the City of Paducah and the
impovished in its jurisdiction, if the City, with the governing body
of McCracken County, created a new community action agency, and
WHEREAS, this action and designation would have been taken in
March 1968 but for the fact that the Purchase Area Economic Opportunity
Council needed the participation of McCracken County,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor be, and he hereby is, authorized and
directed to take all action necessary and proper to effect the designation
of the City of Paducah and the County of McCracken as the local
community action agency under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity
Act and the Economic Opportunity amendments of 1967.
SECTION 2. The authority herein granted to the Mayor shall include,
but not be limited to: Notifying the Office of Economic Opportunity of
the City's intent; notifying all affected political subdivisions and
jurisdictions of the City's intent; applying for recognition as a
community action agency; giving assurances of compliance with the
Office of Economic Opportunity Regulations under Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, and executing any and all appropriate agreements
not involving the immediate expenditure of money between the City and
County or the City and the Office of Economic Opportunity, or both.
SECTION 3. To the extent that it becomes necessary for the
Mayor's signature to be attested by the City Clerk and for the seal of
the City of Paducah to be placed on any document, the City Clerk is
authorized to attest and seal same.
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SECTION 4. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners December 3, 1968
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, December 3, 1968.